170 Deputy communications minister Mondli Gungubele Deputy communications minister Mondli Gungubele has publicly distanced himself from minister Solly Malatsi’s decision to strip the South African Post Office of its exclusive right to…
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Minerals Council South Africa flags policy issues with mining amendment bill
189 Uncertainty around the Mineral Resources Development Amendment Bill is not good for investor confidence. The first day of Investing in African Mining Indaba has kicked off with the Minerals Council South…
Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Series launches with podcast recorded at Tugela Falls
211 In a first-of-its-kind collaboration between tech and content, Xiaomi teamed up with the New Gen Podcast to do something no one has attempted before: record The Toughest Podcast Ever at the…
SABC says it can’t afford to cover the next election
156 The SABC has warned it will be unable to cover South Africa’s upcoming local government elections adequately. This is after national treasury declined its request for R120-million in dedicated funding, prompting…
SAA announces another profitable year, five months late
201 Financial statements were supposed to be tabled before parliament by 30 September 2025. With no apparent sense of urgency, the South African Airways (SAA) Group has announced some key figures of…
Home affairs’ R10 ID fee is forcing companies to rethink identity verification
192 There has been a drastic increase in the cost of real-time identity verification for banks, fintechs and mobile communications companies in South Africa, resulting in a rethink as to how they…
EU regulators take aim at WhatsApp
188 EU competition regulators on Monday charged Meta Platforms with breaching antitrust rules by blocking artificial intelligence rivals from its messaging service, WhatsApp, and threatened to impose interim measures against the US…
Pepkor CEO sells half a billion rand of shares
202 But continues to hold a stake in the retailer worth R1bn. The CEO of Pepkor, Pieter Erasmus, has sold shares in the group with a total value of R531.3 million. The transactions were…
Paratus lights up new East Africa fibre highway linking Goma and Mombasa
183 Paratus Group chief commercial officer Martin Cox Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group has today switched on a major new fibre route in East Africa, directly connecting Mombasa on…
Vumatel tops a million subscribers in South African broadband milestone
179 Maziv CEO Dietlof Mare Maziv-owned fibre operator Vumatel has crossed the one million subscriber mark, cementing its position as South Africa’s largest fibre-to-the-home network operator and underscoring the rapid pace at…